Missing Child Returns to Valley (Year Old Amber Alert)

LAGUNA VISTA - A 6-year-old boy abducted by his father over a year ago is back home with his mother tonight.

Shawn Shrewsbury, the subject of a 2004 Amber Alert, landed at Valley International Airport shortly after 9 p.m. in the company of his mother, Kenya Shrewsbury.

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Kenya Shrewsbury called NEWSCHANNEL 5 early Thursday afternoon from El Paso to say she had receovered her son. She was notified late Tuesday by the FBI her son had been found. She travelled to Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday to be reunited with her child, and flew back to the Rio Grande Valley Thursday.

"I'm very, very happy to have found him, and that he came home," Kenya said when met by family, friends, and NEWSCHANNEl 5 cameras at the airport.

Shrewsbury said she was not told where her son was found, but did indicate her estranged husband who kidnapped the child, John "Asa" Shrewsbury, was in federal custody.

"He was with his Daddy. (The FBI) found them and brought him back to the states," she said.

She says she doesn't know how her son ended up in Los Angeles, or how the FBI found him.

When asked, Shawn Shrewsbury said "I'm going to the house, I'm doin' good."

The boy was five when he was snatched by his father from the South Padre Island Golf Club in Laguna Vista on May 20, 2004. Kenya Shrewsbury plans to have a big party for her son Friday, and has a message for other parents who have experienced her plight.

"Everybody that is missing their children, never, you know, lose faith."

Heavenly Father, we return to thank You for the joy You have brought this mother and her child ... thank You for their safety during the year they were apart. Be with them, O God, as they resume their lives together, and may it be that many will hear her words of encouragement to families whose children are still missing ... never give up hope. In the Name of Jesus, we praise You, Amen ...

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